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    From Harvey Simpson@VERT to All on Wed Nov 2 23:33:05 2016
    Does anyone know how to get around the permissions problem in Synchronet in linux? I try to run the packet tosser and I get permission denied

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  • From Mindless Automaton@VERT to Harvey Simpson on Thu Nov 3 08:56:53 2016
    On 11/3/2016 12:33 AM, Harvey Simpson wrote:
    Does anyone know how to get around the permissions problem in Synchronet in linux? I try to run the packet tosser and I get permission denied

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  • From Nicholas Boel@VERT to Mindless Automaton on Thu Nov 3 08:34:59 2016
    Hello Mindless,

    On 03 Nov 16 08:56, Mindless Automaton wrote to Harvey Simpson:

    Does anyone know how to get around the permissions problem in
    Synchronet in linux? I try to run the packet tosser and I get
    permission denied

    Run everything as root, linux guys love it when they hear you do that.
    :)

    That's what I do, and I'm a linux guy. :)

    While I used to run in /home/bbs and have a 'bbs' user, it's just easier to login as my normal user and su to root when taking care of BBS matters. I don't
    care what others think. The entire machine is dedicated to the BBS and everything that goes with it. It gets backed up, and there's nothing detrimental to the survival of the world on it. I'd rather locate my bbs in /sbbs, rather than /home/sbbs, and still have access to it without permission problems. Along with all other 3rd party software that runs with it, it just makes it a lot less of a pain in the ass.

    Just make sure you have an excellent root password (ie: NOT 'password' lol), and you shouldn't have any problems. :)

    However, I'm of the complete opposite standpoint with any other Linux machine. *shrug*

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Tony Langdon@VERT to Harvey Simpson on Thu Nov 3 20:36:00 2016
    Harvey Simpson wrote to All <=-

    Does anyone know how to get around the permissions problem in
    Synchronet in linux? I try to run the packet tosser and I get
    permission denied

    Need to work out where that's coming from. Is it when attempting to run the tosser, or attempting to read/write to the filesystem?


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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Harvey Simpson on Thu Nov 3 13:28:30 2016
    Re: setting up fidonet netmail
    By: Harvey Simpson to All on Wed Nov 02 2016 11:33 pm

    Does anyone know how to get around the permissions problem in Synchronet in linux? I try to run the packet tosser and I get permission denied

    Please paste the complete error message here.

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  • From Mro@VERT to Nicholas Boel on Thu Nov 3 16:41:19 2016
    Re: Re: setting up fidonet netmail
    By: Nicholas Boel to Mindless Automaton on Thu Nov 03 2016 08:34 am

    it, it just makes it a lot less of a pain in the ass.

    Just make sure you have an excellent root password (ie: NOT 'password'
    lol), and you shouldn't have any problems. :)



    my password is taco69 and i've never had a problem.
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  • From Accession@VERT to Mro on Fri Nov 4 08:01:30 2016
    Hello Mro,

    On 03 Nov 16 16:41, Mro wrote to Nicholas Boel:

    Just make sure you have an excellent root password (ie: NOT
    'password' lol), and you shouldn't have any problems. :)

    my password is taco69 and i've never had a problem.

    Mins is "passw0rd". See how I got sneaky and changed the "o" to a zero?

    Regards,
    Nick

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